AS the older master artists depart the scene, either through deaths or other natural causes, the ever present panic is; how can this transition safeguard, promote, sustain and perpetuate age-old indigenous knowledge systems? It is a matter that a group of craft artists from Gwanda North, in Matabeleland South Province, has for long been seized […]
The Bulawayo to Victoria Falls road, the country’s premier tourist destination, is in sorry state and needs urgent attention before it kills domestic tourism as motorists no longer want to risk their vehicles. Even passengers on board public buses are no longer comfortable using the road which they said is a death trap and only […]
Communities in Hwange district co-exist with the Elephants but owing to the increasing number on elephants, human-wildlife conflicts are increasing as the giant animals are now falling prey to poaching. The elephants freely roam in rural communities showing an increased population. According to a KAZA Report 2023, Southern African Countries is home to 293 00, […]
Farmers in Hwange in Matebeleland North have heeded government’s advice to grow small grains in this arid part of the country to ensure food self-sufficiency. Hwange falls in Natural Region 5 which received below normal to little rainfall even in good years. This makes growing of crops such as maize difficult leading to most households […]